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John Abbott(1905-1996)

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John Abbott in 2000 Years Later (1969)
After marrying her long lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
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Deception (1946)
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John was a commercial artist when he substituted for a sick friend in an amateur production which was seen by the actress Sybil Thorndike who recognized his potential. After repertory work at Watford and Crewe he was invited to join London's Old Vic in 1936 by Tyrone Guthrie and appeared in 'Love's Labours Lost' and 'Twelfth Night'. In 1937 He was in the production of 'Hamlet' that was performed at Elsinore with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. He made his film debut in 1937 in The Conquest of the Air (1931) and in a early BBC television production of 'The Harmfulness of Tobacco'. At the outbreak of war he was attached to the British Embassy in Stockholm where he was in coding and decoding. In 1941 he was in California and about to return to England when he was offered a role in The Shanghai Gesture (1941) which was the prelude to a long film career that included Mrs. Miniver (1942), Jane Eyre (1943), Madame Bovary (1949), Gigi (1958), and Gambit (1966). In 1946 he made his Broadway debut in 'He Who Gets Slapped' which was followed by 'Montsarrat' (1948) and 'The Waltz of the Toreadors' (1957) among others. He was also prolific in television work appearing in episodes such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) ("First Class Honeymoon", 1962), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) ("The Birds and the Bees Affair", 1966), and Bewitched (1964) (as Leonardo da Vinci in "Samantha's da Vinci Dilemma", 1967).
BornJune 5, 1905
DiedMay 24, 1996(90)
BornJune 5, 1905
DiedMay 24, 1996(90)
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John Abbott and Rhonda Fleming in Adventure Island (1947)
John Abbott, Anne Crawford, and Phyllis Stanley in Thunder on the Hill (1951)
Cary Grant, John Abbott, Janet Blair, Ted Donaldson, and James Gleason in Once Upon a Time (1944)
John Abbott, Charles Arnt, Ted Donaldson, Frank Mayo, and Ian Wolfe in Once Upon a Time (1944)
Orson Welles and John Abbott in Jane Eyre (1943)
Bette Davis and John Abbott in Deception (1946)
Bette Davis and John Abbott in Deception (1946)
John Abbott, Lionel Atwill, Edgar Barrier, Walter Kingsford, and Martin Kosleck in Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)
James Arness and John Abbott in Gunsmoke (1955)
John Abbott and Peggy Stewart in The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, John Abbott, Peter Brocco, John Colicos, and Victor Lundin in Star Trek: The Original Series (1966)
John Abbott, Edward Norris, and June Storey in End of the Road (1944)

Known for

Sterling Holloway, George Sanders, Sebastian Cabot, Phil Harris, Clint Howard, J. Pat O'Malley, Louis Prima, and Bruce Reitherman in The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book
7.6
  • Wolf(voice)
  • 1967
Leslie Caron in Gigi (1958)
Gigi
6.6
  • Manuel
  • 1958
Rory Calhoun and Rhonda Fleming in Adventure Island (1947)
Adventure Island
4.7
  • Huish
  • 1947
London Blackout Murders (1943)
London Blackout Murders
5.8
  • Jack Rawlings
  • 1943

Credits

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Actor

  • Quest (1984)
    Quest
    • Short
    • 1984
  • Cracking Up (1983)
    Cracking Up
    • Surgeon
    • 1983
  • Madeline Kahn and Jerry Lewis in Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
    Slapstick of Another Kind
    • Dr. Frankenstein
    • 1982
  • Christopher Blake and Muriel Odunton in Mixed Blessings (1978)
    Mixed Blessings
    • Clerk of the Court
    • TV Series
    • 1980
  • Outside Chance (1978)
    Outside Chance
    • Coroner
    • TV Movie
    • 1978
  • Emmerdale Farm (1972)
    Emmerdale Farm
    • Rev. David Cowper
    • TV Series
    • 1977
  • Rod Taylor, Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker, and Gina Smika Hunter in The Oregon Trail (1976)
    The Oregon Trail
    • Pvt. Babcock (as John Lloyd Abbott)
    • TV Series
    • 1977
  • John Schuck in Holmes and Yoyo (1976)
    Holmes and Yoyo
    • Montecito
    • TV Series
    • 1976
  • Roger Moore in Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
    Sherlock Holmes in New York
    • Heller
    • TV Movie
    • 1976
  • George Segal in The Black Bird (1975)
    The Black Bird
    • DuQuai
    • 1975
  • The Cat Creature (1973)
    The Cat Creature
    • Dr. Reinhart
    • TV Movie
    • 1973
  • James Daly in Medical Center (1969)
    Medical Center
    • Kluger
    • Professor MacIntyre
    • TV Series
    • 1970–1973
  • Cool Million (1972)
    Cool Million
    • Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston
    • TV Series
    • 1972
  • David Janssen in O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)
    O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
    • Stephen Ravazian
    • TV Series
    • 1972
  • Confessions of a Top Crime Buster (1971)
    Confessions of a Top Crime Buster
    • Professor
    • TV Movie
    • 1971

Soundtrack

  • Leslie Caron in Gigi (1958)
    Gigi
    • performer: "It's a Bore" (uncredited)
    • 1958

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Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • John Lloyd Abbott
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • June 5, 1905
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • May 24, 1996
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)

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    Worked for the British Embassy in Moscow during World War II. After leaving his position and returning home to England, he made a stop in the United States and was offered a Hollywood film role in 1941. Wound up staying and settling there for the rest of his life.
  • Quotes
    My goal was always simply to do good work without having to run about looking for jobs.
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